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package org.apache.xmlrpc.common;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * Interface of an object, which is able to provide an XML stream, containing an
 * XML-RPC request. Additionally, the object may also be used to write the
 * response as an XML stream.
 */
public interface ServerStreamConnection {
	/**
	 * Returns the connections input stream.
	 */
	InputStream newInputStream() throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Returns the connections output stream.
	 */
	OutputStream newOutputStream() throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Closes the connection, and frees resources.
	 */
	void close() throws IOException;
}
